Berkeley shuffles board following Pidgley death

Berkeley Homes has announced changes to its board following the sudden death of its founder and chairman Tony Pidgley last month. Glyn Barker will remain interim chairman for up to two years while the board looks to appoint a new long-term chairman. He will step down as chairman of the remuneration and audit committees and will take on the role of chairman for the nomination committee. Diana Brightmore-Amour will succeed Barker as senior independent director and join the audit committee. Peter Vernon will become chairman of the remuneration committee. Pidgley established Berkeley Group in 1976 and led the expansion of the company from a small housebuilder in Surrey with a turnover of £121,000 in its first year to a FTSE 100 company with a market capitalisation of £5.2bn. He died on 26 June aged 72. Pidgley remembered: ‘He was the doyen of residential property, the guv’nor of that business’   To send feedback, e-mail emma.rosser@egi.co.uk or tweet @EmmaARosser or @estatesgazette